Railway-crossing.



No. 698,175. Patbmu Apr. 22, 1902-.

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UNITED STATES ATENT Frio-E.

WILLIAM M. COOPER, OF KENNEDALE, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO OSCAR R. GALLOWAY, OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

RAILWAY-CROSSING.

SPECIFICATION forming .part of Letters Patent'No. 698,175, dated April 22, 1902.

Applicationiiled February 17,1962. Serial No. 94,497. (No model.) l

To all whom t may con/cern: y l.

Be it known that l, WILLIAM M. COOPER, a citizen of the Urited States, residing at Kennedale, Texas,- have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Railway-Crossings, of .which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to railway-crossings; and the object is to construct a crossing which is simple and strong and durable and which will prevent the hammering or pounding ofthe wheels of engines and cars which is so common with railway-crossings.

Another object is to construct a crossing which will not sink in the ground when the ground is Wet.

Other objects and advantages will be fully explained in the following description, and

the invention will be more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this application and specification. v

Figure 1 is aplan view ofmy invention,i11us and showing the holesforbolts securing the bed-casting to the foundation. Fig. is a broken view; illustrating how the rails vare vdovetailed into the bed-casting.`

' Similar characters of referenceare used: to

yindicate thesame parts throughout the sev- `eral views. v

One of the defects -in'railway-crossings is that the ground in wet weather will yield and become slushy,'so that the rails lsink when engines or cars run over the crossings. This causes a constant pounding or hammering of the wheels againstthe rails. I have remedied this by a rock or cement foundation and other iixturesmounted thereon.'v This foundation 1 is placed at a suitable distance below the rails. On this foundation is placed va bedcasting 2. Thisbed-casting is bolted to the foundation by means of bolts 3, Fig. 3, showing the holes 4 for bolts 3. The bed-casting 2 has a cavity 5in the central part thereof for a bed-plate 6. A Grooves 7 areformed i-n the bed-casting 2, so that the ends of the rails 8 can be dovetailed into the casting, as shown in Figs.`2 and 5. The railsSXtend to the bed-plate 6 and the ends of the rails are flush with` the bed-plate, the ends of the rails being also even with the walls formed by the cavity in the bed-casting. The bed-plate 6 is mounted on powerful spiral springs 9,and the bed-plate is secured to lthe bed-casting by means of bolts 10, which are provided with suitable nuts. Fi g. 2 shows the holes 11 for bolts n10. -Bolts 10 run through the spiral springs v9, and by this construction the spiral springs are held in place. The bed-plate 6 is provided with elevated portions or ribs, which form continuations for the rails 8. The angular ribs 12 meet the'ends of rails 8 and are flush with the endsof the rails and also 'Hush with the walls of thecavity. i The innerribs 13 of the bed-plate support the wheels after the wheels leave the angular ribs 12. The ribs .13 leave apassage for the flanges of the wheels between the ends of the ribs 13 and thecorners of the angular ribs 12. It will be noticed that the ribs 12 and 13 are formedintegral with'thebed-plate 6. These k8o ribs might be formed in separate pieces and bolted to the bed-plate. j It will be seen that by this construction the entire bed-plate, with the ribs thereof, is capable of yielding slightly when'l the wheels of an'eng'ine'pr afcar strike 8 5 theribs offtheb'ed-plate. lThis yielding of the bed-'platemust be limited by the spiral springs y9. ,These springs ,must be made l strong'enough to sustain the weight of the heaviest engines. bed-plate 6 subject to yielding,jis to prevent the `han1mering-of`-the wheels'againsta rigid construction. .The bed-plate will yield enough to take away the force of .such hammering asl there would be if thebed-plate was rigid. In order to prevent this yieldingof the bed-plate from taking eecton the ground, thebedplate is mounted on spiral springs 9, which rest von the bed-casting 2. y Consequently-the yielding motion which is caused by tremenroo dous weight will be exhausted against the' bed-casting 2, the rock or cement foundation supporting the bed-casting. The great area of the foundation as compared with the cross- The object of having the 9oties now in use will prevent the ground from becoming slushy by the jar of the wheels.

In order to keep the ground dry about the crossings, I have provided means for draining the crossing. Holes 14 are made through the bottom of the cavityin the casting 2, so that the Water will pass through the casting 2 to the foundation l, and the foundation has grooves 15, which Will receive the water from holes 14E and conduct the water to a pipe 16. Instead of a pipe 16 any suitable means may be used for conducting away the Water which may be received from the holes 11i and grooves 15.

Many changes in the construction of the various parts of this invention may be made without departing from the invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A crossing for railways comprising a yielding plate iush with the ends of rails abutting thereagainst and having elevated portions or ribsthereon for forming continuations of the rails.

2. Arailway-crossingcomprisingayielding plate flush with -the ends of rails abutting thereagainst and having ribs thereon for forming continuations for rails and a suitable foundation for said yielding plate.

3. Arailway-crossingcomprisingayielding plate iiush with the ends of rails abutting thereagainst and a bed-casting forming` a foundation for said plate and a support for the ends of said rails.

4. A railway-crossing comprising a bed-A 5. A railway-crossing comprising a yielding plate iush with the ends of rails abutting thereagainst and a bed-casting having a cavity therein for said bed-plate and forming a foundation therefor and forming a support for rails abutting against said plate.

6. A railway-crossing comprising a yielding plate iiush with the ends of rails abutting thereagainst and having elevated portions or ribs for forming continuations for said rails, a bed-casting having a cavity therein for said bed-plate and constituting a foundation therefor, and a stone foundation for said bedcasting.

7. Arailway-crossingcomprisingayielding plate having continuations for rails abutting thereagainst, a bed-casting having a cavity therein for said plate, and a stone or cement foundation for said bed-casting, said bed-cast ing having holes therethrough for draining water out of the crossing and said foundation having grooves for conducting the water away from said holes.

8. Arailway-crossingcomprisingayielding plate having continuations thereon for rails abutting thereagainst and a bed-casting having a cavity therein for said plate and having grooves therein for rails abutting against said plate.

9. A railway-crossing comprisinga yielding plate having continuations thereon for rails abutting thereagainst, a bed-casting having a cavity therein for said plate and having grooves therein for rails abutting against said plate, a stone or cement foundation for said bed-casting, and means for securing said bedcasting to said foundation.

In testimony whereof I set my hand, in the presence of two witnesses, this 30th day of January, 1902.

hl WILLIAM S M. cooPEa.

mark Witnesses A. L. JACKSON, J. W. Sfrrr'r. 

